A really lovely and well-thought-out image and then with the addition of the cruise ship imposing in the image suddenly dawns on you how big they are, but the stand-out parts for me are the amazing colour grading and the way you have managed to capture the atmosphere of the clouds in the centre of the frame and also over the taller building on the left of the frame.
A really worthy top 10 image that has captured a scene so well. With the use of the black and white, wide view via the use of the lens choice along with the long exposure has ticked all the right boxes. I find the balance of the whole image with nearly enough equal space on either end of the building to make the flow work well. The highlights and shadows are just another great addition to the mass of details within the image as these work so well with the choice of black and white
Another really nice image with a good balance and some interesting details helping to create a nice piece of work, all the multi-coloured houses flowing through the shot are one of the better parts of the image, it would have been good to have maybe seen a little bit more sky in the image to just set the scene a little bit more. But still a good shot non the less.
Thank you for sharing this image as it was great to be able to add it to the top 10, I really like the way the Statue of Liberty is positioned from the frame on the left and is looking into the shot where the structures take up the skyline really making use of the theme of the competition urban panoramas.
Another very worthy top 10 image with some great stand-out features, the main one for me is the great use of lines coming in from the left and right-hand side of the fame. The people standing in the frame are a great addition as they give a sense of scale and also help to fill the space in the middle of the image. Really well done and thank you for sharing it with us.
WOW, this is an absolutely worthy image to be taking 1st place. This fits the brief absolutely perfectly. Urban - Tick Panorama - Tick Epic shot - Double tick Between the use of all the space from left to right, plus also allowing for space on the sides, this image really stands out with its vibrant tack-sharp details, gentle pastel colours and beautiful glow from the light just off the right of the frame. Such a worthy winner and very well done.
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Take in the full sweep of an urban scene with a panoramic shot. Perhaps a shot across the rooftops from an elevated position, or an all-encompassing pastiche of life in an urban public space? Whether cut from a larger wide-angle image, or stitched together from several narrower ones, an urban panorama can bring a much broader view of our urban reality to life.
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This is another really nice image with a good balance of some interesting details and a slightly different technique we did not see a lot of in this competition, this has really stood out well for me in the image and has got me thinking about wanting to maybe try some infrared work in an urban setting myself, something a good image should possibly do to others at times
Yet another very worthy top 10 image with great stand-out features, this is a great use of a pano to grab all of a scene that you can just stare and see so many amazing things, rollings hills, sky scrapers and the waterside area, but to have captured it full of colour and to have amazingly balanced the exposure, exceptional work indeed.
Not a view I have seen from the QE2 bridge but it sure is a great piece of work. I have walked along the banks of the river and always wondered what it would look like from up high and you have certainly captured this in some great details, with careful consideration for the balance of the composition and also the light.
